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Old Sat, Feb-25-17, 13:34
porthardy porthardy is offline
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Default Nuts Nuts Nuts!!

Sooooo...just curious about your experience with nuts on Keto/Low Carb

Last time around(being the first) my only nuts were smoked almonds and almond flour. Buuuuut...someone told me that almonds in high quantities can cause inflammation in the body so i cut back.

This time around.. I began to crave candied nuts..so i found a good keto low carb sugar free candied pecan recipe using swerve. So i made it and yum!! Now i meticulously count carbs and calories and if you know about nuts you know that a small amount of pecans can add up to lots of fat abd calories.. so i started thinking..

Why not make a homemade trail mix that i can pre-measure and keep with me for snacking. So i did.. The recipe included

1 lb of pecan pieces(not halved or whole)
2 cups unsweetned cocoanut flakes
1 cup flaked blanched almond slices
And 1 cup of Krisda stevia sweetned chocolate chips

The total amount of the number of servings equals 40
A serving is measured out to be 52 grams
Roughly 3- level 1/8cup scoops. (Found this out by measuring and weighing)

The stats on my recipe = 146.6 calories and 1.6 Net Carbs per serving.

My question is this- I can easily eat 2 to 3 servings per day. Now hear me out..I am addicted to Maltitol based chocolate and I am attempting to become a recovering maltitol addict by subbing mu maltitol dark chocolate with my krisda stevia chocolate chips(its an accquired taste i noticed) But...even stevia sweetned choco chips eaten alone can contain 2carbs per tbsp..hence why i scatter them throughout my trail mix. Fool me into thinking im eating more of em when im not.

So i eat 2-3 servings of my trail mix...I am curious as to whether this can be a diet breaker though? What is your experience with consuming nuts on keto/low carb? Did it stall you from losing???
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Old Sat, Feb-25-17, 15:32
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Are you satisfied with the 2-3 servings? I find that as long as my total daily diet is sufficiently ketogenic--net carbs 15-20 grams, protein around 60-70 grams--I can fit things like what you describe into my plan and be happy with reasonable servings. If my overall diet had 30 or 40 more grams protein, or 10 or 20 grams more net carbs, it would probably trigger a binge.
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Old Sat, Feb-25-17, 16:56
Tx_Chris Tx_Chris is offline
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I have avoided nuts completely. For me A few nuts leads to tons more. Don't miss them at all now. Just my two cents.
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Old Sat, Feb-25-17, 21:33
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Macadamias!
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Old Sat, Feb-25-17, 22:47
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Oh, I forgot about Macadamias!
I need to put those on my list.
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Old Sun, Feb-26-17, 11:09
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Are you satisfied with the 2-3 servings? I find that as long as my total daily diet is sufficiently ketogenic--net carbs 15-20 grams, protein around 60-70 grams--I can fit things like what you describe into my plan and be happy with reasonable servings. If my overall diet had 30 or 40 more grams protein, or 10 or 20 grams more net carbs, it would probably trigger a binge.


Suprisingly yes! I dont find they trigger me after 2 servings. Now PB on the other hand...oh God ..i cant eat PB without bingeing on it so i stay away comoletely
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Old Sun, Feb-26-17, 11:58
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Just Jo Just Jo is offline
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Imma always envious of people that can consume nuts in moderation...me not so much.

Imma with Chris on this, I can eat too many nuts, so I don't have them any more...
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Old Mon, Feb-27-17, 15:04
mten2015 mten2015 is offline
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It's just best for me to not have nuts or PB in the house as once I start, well we know how that goes. I just love nuts of all kinds to much and they easily cause me to stall. So not for me till maybe goal.
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Old Wed, Mar-01-17, 03:11
slwloser slwloser is offline
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This sounds yummy!! I'm going to give it a try

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Originally Posted by porthardy
Sooooo...just curious about your experience with nuts on Keto/Low Carb


Why not make a homemade trail mix that i can pre-measure and keep with me for snacking. So i did.. The recipe included

1 lb of pecan pieces(not halved or whole)
2 cups unsweetned cocoanut flakes
1 cup flaked blanched almond slices
And 1 cup of Krisda stevia sweetned chocolate chips

The total amount of the number of servings equals 40
A serving is measured out to be 52 grams
Roughly 3- level 1/8cup scoops. (Found this out by measuring and weighing)

The stats on my recipe = 146.6 calories and 1.6 Net Carbs per serving.

My question is this- I can easily eat 2 to 3 servings per day. Now hear me out..I am addicted to Maltitol based chocolate and I am attempting to become a recovering maltitol addict by subbing mu maltitol dark chocolate with my krisda stevia chocolate chips(its an accquired taste i noticed) But...even stevia sweetned choco chips eaten alone can contain 2carbs per tbsp..hence why i scatter them throughout my trail mix. Fool me into thinking im eating more of em when im not.

So i eat 2-3 servings of my trail mix...I am curious as to whether this can be a diet breaker though? What is your experience with consuming nuts on keto/low carb? Did it stall you from losing???
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Old Fri, Mar-03-17, 10:36
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Your recipe sounds great

I used to struggle with binging on nuts/nut butter, but now I'm fine as long as I measure. I eat 1/4 cup of nuts or seeds daily. Sounds like you have handle on portion control, so I wouldn't worry about it.
As teaser stated, just double check you stay within macros for protein/carbs.
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